Toketee Falls

On my way home from a 2 week fire assignment on the Umpqua National Forest in southern Oregon, I stopped to do the short hike up to Toketee Falls. This trail has been closed for quite a while due to storm damage so was nice to see it open again.

Canon 5D
ISO 100
Canon 24-105mm IS USM lens

This is very nice Marcy. I like the positioning of the falls and the shutter speed. I think it could be a bit brighter, which would then require a bit more contrast. It's a great shot and one that works well...

Thanks for your input, David. Actually, the original is brighter not sure why it seems darker when uploaded to NPN...

I plan to go up again later this fall and hopefully there will be some fall colors in the maples!

Thanks again,
..Marcy

I reworked this a bit tonight to try to brighten the image - comments welcome.

The second posting seems to appeal to me more. Nicely composed.

that's a great looking shot, Marcy! Love the comp and seeing the stop action of the water flow is refreshing. The repost definitely has more zing. It also looks kind of crispy to me.

Marcy, the adjustments work well, I really like the repost. It does just a bit oversharp, but again...easily fixed...and hey, we're a finicky group here

The second one is a lot better. The shutter speed works well to freeze the water. It's nice to see a waterfall shot where a fast exposure is used instead of the slow shutter speed to smooth the water out. Glad to hear the trail to the lookout is open.

Thanks everyone - I really appreciate the feedback. I like the second one a lot better, too, but after looking at it again in the post, it does seem a tad oversharpened. (That's what I get for sharpening before resizing! LOL!)

Although I do like the silky smooth water look in some images, this falls just looked better in the images I shot with a faster shutter speed.

P.S. I'm going up to Tumalo Falls here in Bend this week so might be posting a photo from there soon.

Thanks again.

Marcy

Very nice Marcy. I agree that the second with a tad less sharpening should be the sweet spot.

Really like the 2nd photo Marcy. The faster shutter speed really works for me here.

Thanks, John and Scott -appreciate your feedback!